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 Posted - August 31 2008 : 5:03:29 PM
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Hey Guys:
Latest addition to my Locomotive roster is a long out of production, Cary GP9 Shell kit. These are the hardest of the Cary Kits to find normally and I was very lucky to get it at a good price.
It will likely be done up in the old Canadian National Paint Olive & Yellow set-up to run long-hood forward and with "Torpedo Tubes" (air tanks on the roof). It'll sit on an Athearn Chassis, likely use an A-Line engine, and should be a nice runner.
Here are the "bare" pics....
Anyone else got a Cary Diesel or Steamer kit?
I also have the Athearn Hustler Boxcab, and an Alco S2 as well as two cary/Bowser FM H16-44's one built the other not...
Best,
Gareth
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Posted - August 31 2008 : 5:26:38 PM
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hi gareth the mould for the gp9 was destroyed after only one year ken
http://www.bowser-trains.com/hoother/cary/Cary%20Body.pdf
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Posted - August 31 2008 : 5:37:59 PM
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Hmmm, thought the mold was destroyed in the 70's. That may be a typo, in that Cary online catalouge?
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 Posted - August 31 2008 : 5:57:27 PM
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Have any pics of either of the H-16-44's?
Fairbanks Morse locomotives are my favourite. 
    
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Posted - August 31 2008 : 6:08:55 PM
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Well Mr MM, It so happens I do:
 Attachment: Bowser FM H-16-44.pdf ( 45857bytes )
and for you cause you have the good sense to love something other than GE/GM:
Actually this last is about a Baldwin BUT.....
Attachment: HO Scale kitbashed MKT Katy Stewart AS-16M.pdf ( 130777bytes )
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Posted - August 31 2008 : 6:20:27 PM
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Very cool.
You ought to paint the bare one in CP maroon/gray, with script lettering of course. 
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Posted - August 31 2008 : 6:38:43 PM
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In Fact:
I intend to repaint the PRR one in Tuscan/Grey CPR Script, along with the second unit for my, Port Arthur & Fort William Connecting RR. They will both need to be detailed and then painted/weathered
Btw; you should enjoy this page:
http://members.shaw.ca/cprclc/H16-44.html
http://members.shaw.ca/cprclc/
-Gareth
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Posted - August 31 2008 : 9:07:01 PM
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Picked up two of these years ago. Here is one of them.
Numquam Immoderatio Satis Est
(Too Much Is Never Enough )
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Posted - August 31 2008 : 9:11:39 PM
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Hey V-HO:
How did you bond the metal shell to the footboards? Glue? Screws? I have one I'm gonna do up as the diesel and another as an Electric with a Pantograph.
-Gareth
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Posted - August 31 2008 : 9:33:46 PM
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Hi Gareth. The Bottom part the Athearn shell will stay attached to the chassis. You need to drill out the holes for the couples a little bit larger so that the new screws will go up though the bottom of chassis, though the coupler into the threaded holes in the casting. The two screws will hold it all together. See Instructions.
I used a Lionel HO Husky chassis. The gear drive is smoother running. Attaches the same way except the couplers are a little harder to mount. Have to use a little nut on the screw above the couple so the coupler stays in place while the screw threads into the casting. Will take some picture soon, that will show how to do it with a Husky Drive.
Carl
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Posted - August 31 2008 : 10:33:29 PM
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| Hi Guys--Great locos here...love the metal shells. Just a minor point (which most may already know, I was just reminded when I saw the FM labeled as a 'Baby Trainmaster'): A common mislabel is to call an H-16-44 a Baby TM, when in fact, they were the H-16-66's (with 6 axles).
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Posted - August 31 2008 : 10:51:02 PM
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Hey Adams:
THe guy who originally built the PRR 16-44 put the label in the photo. I think you're right pretty much everyone knows.
It's so common in fact that like a 2-8-2T Minarets not actually being a 2-10-2T Minarets it now pretty much is accepted. Maybe not accurate but then most Tyco collectors aren't rivet counters.
For those who didn't know... now ya do!
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Posted - August 31 2008 : 10:53:56 PM
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I was gonna say something about that, I swear! 
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Posted - September 01 2008 : 03:11:54 AM
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This is a Cary SW 1500 on an Athearn drive.
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Posted - September 01 2008 : 08:21:58 AM
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Hey Ray:
Is the back door open on your SW? Or is it just the paint tricking me? Nice unit!
It's constantly amazing to me, how railings absolutely transform a model train locomotive, particularly contrasting colouredones. You put a Tyco Santa Fe GP20 side by side with the same unit with railings. They just have different characters!
-Gareth
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Posted - September 01 2008 : 7:25:22 PM
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quote:Hey Ray:
Is the back door open on your SW? Or is it just the paint tricking me?
-Gareth
Originally posted by romcat-September 01 2008: 08:21:58 AM
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The door is closed. It must be one of those optical contusions.
Ray
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Posted - September 01 2008 : 11:16:44 PM
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Cool, now I finally know who made this guy:
This Cary EMD SW1500 was built and finished by (and obtained at a show from) Duane Gaddis, whose layout was featured in Model Railroader some ways back; I'm told that either this or the other Rock loco (a GP38) I bought from him (more like it was given to me!!) were featured in the issue but I do not know as I haven't seen it.
This loco is pretty awesome. Sparse and almost crude in detail, I love it anyway for its cartoonish heft... it handily outweighs many locos that are more than double its size - it would take 2 Bachmann DD40X's to equal this thing!
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Posted - September 02 2008 : 6:07:40 PM
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Stunning SW there GICCY! 
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Posted - September 03 2008 : 07:05:52 AM
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| VERY NICE MODEL GIC,KEN
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Posted - September 03 2008 : 11:19:43 PM
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Picked up my first Soo models with handrails.
Mike
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Posted - September 04 2008 : 04:21:32 AM
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finally got my trains out of storage...
This unit may be foreign to most of you, road-wise. Being that most of the choices in this weeks locomotive of the week is switcher related, here's my offerings: The Alberni Valley MP-15
I paid about $15 for it. Funny, its chassi is 2nd or 3rd generation Athearn, no flywheels, older style motor, cast sideframes... but it's loaded to the hilt with detail, and the couplers are attached to the shell. The front side and upper screens are almost see-thru, mu's... unfortunately, it does not pull as well as it looks. Oh well.
John
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Posted - September 04 2008 : 9:06:25 PM
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| Mike, Nice SOO! I have the caboose and the Hi-Cube box car, but haven't found a good loco. Also have a Mantua "heavy" SOO box from their last year in business. It's getting harder to find items in excellent condition like that.
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Posted - September 06 2008 : 08:17:00 AM
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nothing fantastic but assembled well and hard wired beautifully done ken
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 Posted - September 06 2008 : 10:19:50 AM
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Those are some beautiful Geeps you got there Ken.
I've yet to find a SP paint scheme I don't love.
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Posted - September 06 2008 : 10:50:04 AM
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plus i have these to finish sometime,all for the kids (hes says sniggering) ken
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 Posted - September 06 2008 : 1:46:02 PM
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Is that a Trainmaster is Black Widow paint?
How did I not know about that?!
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Posted - September 06 2008 : 2:08:08 PM
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first the black widow trainmaster powered courtisy of adams,second one dummy cn&w and sante fe with frame both complete with handrails etc
 
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Posted - September 06 2008 : 8:19:16 PM
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Oooohhh my heart's achin' for a Trainmaster.
Well, here's my Mantua Davenport I've been going on about all day. Now that the little bugger is running, I can't stop using it!
It's too bad it's missing all the neat stuff that came with it, like handrails, window covers and one of the headlights.
By the way, I run it backwards like that because the headlight isn't missing and it's smoother in reverse.
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Posted - September 06 2008 : 10:23:41 PM
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quote:
By the way, I run it backwards like that because the headlight isn't missing and it's smoother in reverse.
Originally posted by MM 1498-September 06 2008: 8:19:16 PM
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Been there, done that
My TM...
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Posted - September 06 2008 : 10:33:37 PM
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Does everyone have a Trainmaster but me?! 
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 Posted - September 07 2008 : 12:18:15 AM
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Hi MM,
I don't have any Train Masters either. Don't feel too left out.
Mike
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Posted - September 07 2008 : 02:22:38 AM
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quote:Does everyone have a Trainmaster but me?!
Originally posted by MM 1498-September 06 2008: 10:33:37 PM
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Yes, and mine's a Pennsy.
Adams, I'm officially jealous of your Davenport.
quote:plus i have these to finish sometime,all for the kids (hes says sniggering) ken
Originally posted by catfordken - September 06 2008 : 10:50:04 AM
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So how come I don't see an SD45, how come? 
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Posted - September 07 2008 : 05:54:23 AM
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all locos in photos posted earlier are complete and awaiting assembly and detailing,sd45 is not,awaiting handrails,horn and magnetic couplings,so its on shelf till they arrive,opposite the bachmann sd ken
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Posted - September 09 2008 : 04:18:25 AM
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hey Ken, I see you have one of the Athearn Special Edition C & NW SD40-2 Falcon Service from September 1996, which makes your model 12 years old. Do you have the matching unit?
My First Athearn TM was in C & NW paint... they pulled my trains up and down-hill without much speed change. Very dependable locomotives.
I wanna add my (previously posted TM) demo'. It's Atlas Gold. (credit card purchase, I'm still paying for maxing it out!) I sought, I weakend, now it's out of storage, (like my other stuff.)
I am in love of the paint scheme.
John
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Posted - September 09 2008 : 04:23:37 AM
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| hi zebrails,sorry i have not got its partner wish i did ken
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